Ultra-processed foods will stay out of the Selective Imposition.

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Ultra-processed foods will stay out of the Selective Imposition.

Created to tax health and environmentally harmful products, the Selective Tax will save over processed foods. The exclusion of this type of product is envisaged in a supplementary bill regulating consumption tax reform sent to Congress this Wednesday night. The bill excluded over processed foods from the so-called "" Excise Tax, "" despite a recommendation from the Ministry of Health and civil society organizations for the extra tax. Sugared bev…